Rail anticreeper



Nov. 6, 1928. 1,690,535

P. J. GILLEN RAIL ANTI CREEPER Filed Jan. 25, 1928 Cil Patented Nov. A6, 1928.

UNITED sTA'Tjss PATENT OFFICE.

` PHILIP JnAnoLn GILLEN, or Nova, omo.

:RAIL AN'rIoREEPEn,

,Application filed January 25, 1928. 'Serialvlo` 249,402

This invention relates to adevicefor preventing the longitudinalcreeping ot rails on ties in a railroad track and structure.

The prime object ot the invention resides in the provision ot a member tor gripping the rail and means abuttable with the tietor tightening the gripping means on therail..

Another very important `objectvoi the 1nvcntion resides in theprovision ot a device of this nature which is exceedingly simple to assemble and disassemble in respect to the: rail.

Another very important object ot the invention resides in the provision ot'a device of this nature which is disposed kunder the rail and therefore protected from harm.

iti still 'further very important object of the invention resides in the provision of a device of this nature which is exceedingly simple in its construction, inexpensve to manu- '.tacture, strong and durable, thoroughly ei iicient and reliable in use, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose tor which it is designed. n

lll/'ith the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel 'features ot construction, and in the combination and arrangement ot' parts as will be hereinatter more fully described andclaimed.

ln the drawing:

Figure l is a fragmentary side elevation showing the rail and tiewith my improved device assembled in respect thereto,

Figure 2 is a top plan'view of the device showing aA portion of the tie abutting member in section, and

Figure 3 is an. end elevation of the device;

Referring to the drawingrin detail, it will he seen that the numeral 5 denotes a tie upon which rests a rail 6 in the usualwell known manner. The rail gripper of my improved f device includes a pair of intermediatelypivoted men'ibers 7 being pivoted together by a pin 8 or in any other preferred manner. Each member 7 has at one end an angularly extending hook like jaw 9 and' at its other end an angularly extendingrod extension 10, the jaw 9 and the extension l0 extending to the same side ot the intermediate portion of the member. The aw`9 of one of the members is oiset upwardly while the rod extension of .the other member is offset downward-` ly so thatthe jaws are in substantially the same plane with each other and the `extensions 1.0' are insubstantially the saine plane with each other. j,

A tieabutting member is in the form of 'a block ll having lateral end extensions 12 with depending portions'lll. These end extensions landthe'ir extensions 14 abut the tie 5 as kis `'clearly illustratedfin Figure l. The intermediate portion ot theiblock is u provided with a pair ot bores or elongated openings 15 angularly disposed in relation to `each other ior receiving the rod extensions l0 so that as the gripper is forced toward the block and the block is against the tie 5 the outer side walls of the openings form incline planes tending to swing the members 7 so that the jaws 9 move toward each other and tightly grip the longitudinal edges of the base of -the rail 6 and any creeping of the rail, as

illustrated in Figure l, from right to left tends to tighten the jaws still further on the rail and thereby stop said creeping.

Ubviouslywith a few taps ot the hammer `on the jaw ends ot the intermediate portions which may be readily andr easily assembled as to its parts and as to the rail and tie and may be just as easily disassembled. It will Vfurther be seen that the device is not likely to become accidentally disengaged from the railbuthas a tendency to still further tightly grip the rail when the rail tends to creep in one direction.

It is thought thatthc'construction, utility yand adi-'antages ot the invention will now be clearly imderstood without a more detailed descriptionv thereof. The present embodiment of lthe invention has been disclosed in detail merely by way ot example since in actual'practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the staten ment of the invention and the above descrip` i tion. It will be apparent that changes inthe detailsfot construction, andr in the combination 4and arrangement of parts may be re` sorted to without departing trom the spirit l or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacriicing any of'its advantages. n Having' thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

l. A device of the class described compris ing a pair of members pivoted together intermediate their ends, one 'end of each member having a laterally disposed hook like jaw and the other end being disposed with a lateral rod extension, and a block with a pair of diagonal'openings extending therethrough at an angleto each other for receiving the rod eX- tensions. j

' 2. A device of the class described includ# ing, in combination, atie engaging member and a rail grippingmember, said railgripinor member com rising a4 air of ivotedl jaws with rod extensions, said tie `engaging member being provided with a pair o angularly. extending openings for slid'ably receiv-y ing the rod extensions to cause the gripping member to tighten its jaws onV the rail.

j 3. A device of the class described comprising a rail gripper including aV pair oit pivot allyconnected members and a tie abutting member, said tiev abutting member being yprovided with a pair of openings extending' therethrough, said openings being obliquely arranged in respect to each other to receive end port-ions of the pivotally connected members, so that as the tie abutting member and the axis yofthe'pivotally connected members movein respect to each other, said pivotally connected members swing. Y

In testimony'wliereof I aixjmy signature.

PHILIP J EAROLD GILLEN. 

